Femina

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Surviving a long distance marriage or a relationship can not only be difficult, but may also pose certain challenges when you are not prepared for it soon after you get married. It may happen because you are not able to move cities immediately after

The Atlantic

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Looking back on a troubled union, Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation nails the mundane intimacy and emotional complexity of married life after the "happily ever after."

Your Family

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In-law troubles are as old as marriage itself and unlikely to vanish anytime soon. Sometimes it’s hard enough keeping the peace with your own family, never mind trying to deal with your spouse’s. You can choose who you spend your life with, but the f

The Guardian

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Those perfectly curated, hashtag-ready photos are so seductive, they practically pull us down the aisle

True Love

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“I don’t want children. I knew this at 22, and at 29, I got sterilised.” It’s not every day that one hears a statement like this from a South African woman, let alone a woman of colour. However, women are rejecting what society has expected of them.

The Atlantic

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Women in their 20s are told they're too young to settle down. Then, seemingly overnight, they start hearing they're spinsters. What gives?

NPR

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It was created by a 24-year-old Pakistani woman who wants to avoid an arranged marriage at all costs. But she definitely has a sense of humor about it all.

The Atlantic

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A course at Northwestern University teaches students about what makes a healthy relationship.

Blue Mountains Life

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It’s a catchphrase that’s been described as perhaps the first “I do” for newlyweds, and it’s especially relevant as we head into wedding season. Because as much as you may think no two people have ever been more in love than you are - hey, look at th

New Idea

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Julia Morris is famous for her humour and lightheartedness, but she recently hinted at marital issues after she confessed she often considers walking out on her 16-year marriage to husband, Dan Thomas. “Once a year we’ll have an argument and I’ll thi

Chicago Tribune

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A reporter once asked Gloria Steinem why she changed her mind about marriage and got hitched to activist David Bale at age 66. "I didn't change," Steinem famously replied. "Marriage changed." Indeed it did. Had Steinem married in her 20s, during the

Kiplinger

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There is nothing sweeter than love, and for many couples in love today, being committed to each other means living together without that piece of paper that says you are married. Regardless of one's personal views about marriage, there are still val

MoneyWeek

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A multimillionaire human rights barrister, who counts matrimonial cases among her specialisms, is battling to reduce the £625,000 payout she was ordered to give to her own “mischievous househusband”, after the pair split up, reports Jonathan Ames in

Traces

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Traces spoke with Caroline about the process of piecing together the lives of the sisters’ female ancestors, whose stories had been lost in time. What did you discover about the process of researching female ancestors? Even in our preliminary discuss

Woman's Day

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Friends revealed Mary-Kate was crushed when her almost five-year marriage to Olivier Sarkozy quietly came to an end in late April, with sources saying the final straw came when Olivier decided to move his ex-wife and their children into the home he s

India Today

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Paliwal thought of linking trees to the birth of the girl child after the panchayat's efforts to curb the felling of trees failed. Doing so helped save both, the trees as well as the girl child. Shyam Sunder Paliwal was just elected sarpanch of Pipla

The Christian Science Monitor

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A U.N. report cites a growing diversity in types of families, requiring shifts in laws and policies. Whatever their kind, families still are the bedrock of love and identity.

Essential Groom

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With the world going through its own metamorphosis, roles within the marriage have changed - or have had to change - and many men are finding themselves in muddy waters when it comes to taking up the title of ‘Husband’. Roles are morphing to allow fo

Womankind

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I picture my mother in a poky kitchen, cooking dinner for six every night; boiling, straining, and mashing with a muttered, “Damn, blast, bugger” on high rotation. A product of her historical time, gender, race, and class, my mother’s assigned role w

VOGUE India

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In her latest book, Love Marriage, British-Bangladeshi author Monica Ali traverses the tricky terrain of South Asian coupledom as it fields the onslaught of generational and cultural trauma, writes Sana Goyal “I can’t find my crystal ball at the mom

India Today

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Any couple, irrespective of religion, may marry under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, applicable in the entire country. A notice must be sent to the marriage registrar 30 days before the scheduled date of the marriage. All details provided to the mar

Futurity

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Although the average marriage today is struggling, the best marriages are flourishing like never before, a new book argues. In The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work (Dutton, 2017), relationship expert and Northwestern University pr

Mother & Baby India

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Having a special object such as a teddy that goes everywhere with your toddler is normal. It smells and feels familiar and gives your child psychological comfort. But is it a sign of an insecure child? No, say experts. “Research shows that preschool

Woman's Day

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The restaurateur – a former waiter – presented J.Lo with a $134,000 pear-shaped diamond ring before they wed. Their marriage lasted just a year – they divorced in 1998. Jennifer tied the knot with her back-up dancer in 2001 after he popped the ques

The Knot New York Metro Weddings Magazine

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It’s hard to believe the legalization of same-sex marriage passed just five years ago. To think the inability to marry whom you wanted existed so recently in this country is staggering. And while there’s still much to be done to create equality for a

The Knot New Jersey Weddings Magazine

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Anastasia Marek (24 and an artist) and Gregory (Greg) Pagano (32 and an electrician) wanted to plan a celebration that would resonate with their loved ones. “Our wedding wasn’t just for Greg and me,” Anastasia says. “It was also for our families, and

Manhattan Institute

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A paradigm shift is a sudden change in fundamental assumptions about, or way of looking at, the world. Senator Elizabeth Warren illustrated one of the most startling ones of recent years with the answer that she gave to a question put to her recently

Woman's Day Magazine NZ

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The restaurateur – a former waiter – presented J.Lo with a $134,000 pear-shaped diamond ring before they wed. Their marriage lasted just a year – they divorced in 1998. Jennifer tied the knot with her back-up dancer in 2001 after he popped the ques

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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Reading your article about our new Governor-General (NZWW, June 14) reminded me that it’s possible for girls who grow up in homes like Dame Cindy to achieve remarkable things. I teach in a low-decile school. Many of our girls experience violence, ear

Woman's Own

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Pre-pandemic the average cost of a wedding in the UK was £20,731. OK, it included the honeymoon but blimey that’s an awful lot of money. Especially as a legal register office ceremony will set you back just £46. Don’t panic if you can’t afford a